"I am a Queens guy," Garber told the crowd. "Like many of you, my family, my parents, my grandparents came to this country and they moved to Queens. This is where I spent the majority of my childhood. … I know when my grandparents first came here they probably could never have dreamed that a kid from Queens could be sitting here today talking to all of you about fulfilling our dream, our dream of having this great game having a home right here in New York City."

"We’ve been harassing Don Garber since 2007 to give us a team in New York City," Laveglia said. "So this night is really special.

"The fans are [here] in New York. What they need is a proper club and proper stadium and to build a stadium in Flushing Park," he continued. "We’re going to march down Roosevelt Avenue into the stadium and cheer our team to victory."